Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book

Who played on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book

• Barney Kessel guitar all tracks
• Ella Fitzgerald vocals, lead vocals all tracks
• Alvin Stoller drums (drum set) on 33 tracks
• Joe Mondragon bass, double bass on 33 tracks
• Paul Smith piano, arranger on 33 tracks
• Buddy Bregman arranger, conductor on 29 tracks
• Vincent DeRosa French horn, flugelhorn on 26 tracks
• Ted Nash flute, tenor saxophone, woodwind, saxophone on 24 tracks
• Bob Cooper cor anglais, oboe, tenor saxophone, woodwind, flute, saxophone on 23 tracks
• [unknown] viola, violin on 20 tracks
• Chuck Gentry bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone on 20 tracks
• Edgar Lustgarten cello on 20 tracks
• Robert La Marchina cello on 20 tracks
• Bud Shank alto saxophone, flute, woodwind, saxophone on 16 tracks
• Arnold Koblentz oboe, cor anglais on 11 tracks
• Misha Russell concertmaster on 11 tracks
• Ray Linn trumpet on 11 tracks
• George Roberts bass trombone on 10 tracks
• Maurice Stein alto saxophone, woodwind, flute, saxophone on 10 tracks
• Conrad Gozzo trumpet on 9 tracks
• Corky Hale harp on 9 tracks
• Joe Howard trombone on 9 tracks
• Lloyd Ulyate trombone on 9 tracks
• Maynard Ferguson trumpet on 9 tracks
• Milt Bernhart trombone on 9 tracks
• Pete Candoli trumpet on 9 tracks
• Milt Holland percussion on 6 tracks
• Wilbur Schwartz flute on 6 tracks
• Abe Most clarinet on 5 tracks
• Jules Kinsler flute on 5 tracks

Tracklist

1. 1-A1 Have You Met Miss Jones? standard — Richard Rodgers
2. 1-A2 You Took Advantage of Me standard — Richard Rodgers
3. 1-A3 A Ship Without a Sail — Richard Rodgers
4. 1-A4 To Keep My Love Alive — Richard Rodgers
5. 1-A5 Dancing on the Ceiling standard — Richard Rodgers
6. 1-A6 The Lady Is a Tramp standard — Richard Rodgers
7. 1-A7 With a Song in My Heart standard — Richard Rodgers
8. 1-A8 Manhattan standard — Richard Rodgers
9. 1-B1 Johnny One Note — Richard Rodgers
10. 1-B2 I Wish I Were in Love Again standard — Richard Rodgers
11. 1-B3 Spring Is Here standard — Richard Rodgers
12. 1-B4 It Never Entered My Mind standard — Richard Rodgers
13. 1-B5 This Can’t Be Love standard — Richard Rodgers
14. 1-B6 Thou Swell standard — Richard Rodgers
15. 1-B7 My Romance standard — Richard Rodgers
16. 1-B8 Where or When standard — Richard Rodgers
17. 1-B9 Little Girl Blue standard — Richard Rodgers
18. 2-C1 Give It Back to the Indians — Richard Rodgers
19. 2-C2 Ten Cents a Dance — Richard Rodgers
20. 2-C3 There’s a Small Hotel standard — Richard Rodgers
21. 2-C4 I Didn’t Know What Time it Was standard — Richard Rodgers
22. 2-C5 Everything I’ve Got — Richard Rodgers
23. 2-C6 I Could Write a Book standard — Richard Rodgers
24. 2-C7 Blue Room standard — Richard Rodgers
25. 2-C8 My Funny Valentine standard — Richard Rodgers
26. 2-D1 Bewitched standard — Richard Rodgers
27. 2-D2 Mountain Greenery standard — Richard Rodgers
28. 2-D3 Wait Til You See Her standard — Richard Rodgers
29. 2-D4 Lover standard — Richard Rodgers
30. 2-D5 Isn’t It Romantic standard — Richard Rodgers
31. 2-D6 Here in My Arms — Richard Rodgers
32. 2-D7 Blue Moon — Richard Rodgers
33. 2-D8 My Heart Stood Still standard — Richard Rodgers
34. 2-D9 I’ve Got Five Dollars — Richard Rodgers

Production

• Norman Granz producer
• Val Valentin engineer

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